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... Whatever "should" happen with Valieva it won't surprise me if the 15 year old cracks under the pressure. Can you imagine?
4th. Sad for her but probably best overall. Will they take away the team gold?

Her skate was a mess, but props for finishing it.

1. Other Russian - Anna Shcherbakova
2. Other Russian - Alexandra Trusova
3. Japan - Kaori Sakamoto

They were amazing.

One take:

Olympic figure skater Kamila Valieva was failed by the system, adults
Good on NBC for ignoring the Tucker-style shouts of "Traitor" and heavily featuring freestyle skier Eileen Gu, an American competing for China.
Gold medal – Big air
Silver medal – Slopestyle
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Mon Jul 26, 2021 10:29 pm
Heard somewhere:

Silver is the worst medal to get.
Gold = Winner!
Bronze = Happy to have medaled.
Silver = Coulda won. :(
Sakamoto (Bronze) and family were overjoyed.
Trusova (Silver) cried at the end, was angry with herself or the judges for not winning, and refused to mount the podium for the medal ceremony.

'I Hate This Sport': Silver Medalist Figure Skater At Olympics Says She'll Never Compete Again
Alexandra Trusova ratcheted up the drama in an emotional day for the Russians as Kamila Valieva faltered.
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Whoda thunkit?

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:D It's so athletically demanding, is there a senior league you can join?
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O Really wrote:
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https://www.curlsandiego.org/

Whoda thunkit?

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:D It's so athletically demanding, is there a senior league you can join?
Actually there is. Teams for all ages and abilities. And lessons. But probably for the first time in four years, pretty much everything is booked.

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Actually there is. Teams for all ages and abilities. And lessons. But probably for the first time in four years, pretty much everything is booked.
Ah, I didn't see anything about separating out seniors on the website. Do these come with studded tires and electric broom attachments?

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It's not mandatory separation. A geezer could play on a A team if they're good. But it works pretty much like bowling. Teams/leagues tend to be on various levels. So most geezers would have similar issues, such as less flexibility or less balance than the young turks. Flexibility and balance are both important in sliding the stone, apparently. Opportunity for playing/lessons is full this season, but we're going to go watch.

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Well, I can honestly say I watched zero Olympic coverage with the exception of streaming a couple of videos.

Don't think I really missed anything.
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Well, I can honestly say I watched zero Olympic coverage with the exception of streaming a couple of videos.

Don't think I really missed anything.
Depends on whether you enjoy watching winter sports. Politics-schmolitics there was some great shows and competition. Snowboarding, slaloms, skating pairs - we enjoyed it. I think NBC et. al. did a good job with what they had to work with, and for the first Olympics I can remember it wasn't all-USA all the time. Maybe that was because USA didn't finish in medals as often as they might have once done, but still. However, I'm glad it's finally over. We'd had enough.

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Depends on whether you enjoy watching winter sports. Politics-schmolitics there was some great shows and competition. Snowboarding, slaloms, skating pairs - we enjoyed it. I think NBC et. al. did a good job with what they had to work with, and for the first Olympics I can remember it wasn't all-USA all the time. Maybe that was because USA didn't finish in medals as often as they might have once done, but still. However, I'm glad it's finally over. We'd had enough.
I do enjoy some like figure skating, snowboarding, arerial skiing, (though the results can be so subjective or unexplainable just like diving, gymnastics etc.), hockey and more. Some are baffling to me like bobsledding, giant slalom etc. They are all a version of hold on for dear life and hope I don't crash as gravity does it's thing.
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Some are baffling to me like bobsledding, giant slalom etc. They are all a version of hold on for dear life and hope I don't crash as gravity does it's thing.
:lol: :lol:
They're the "hold my beer" sports.

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Some are baffling to me like bobsledding, giant slalom etc. They are all a version of hold on for dear life and hope I don't crash as gravity does it's thing.
:lol: :lol:
They're the "hold my beer" sports.
They're like auto racing, we watch for the crashes. Otherwise, the clock is the most interesting thing.

I think they said the US won more medals than 4 years ago, pending that team skating batch. Norway sure kicked ass, though.
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Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:48 am
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Some are baffling to me like bobsledding, giant slalom etc. They are all a version of hold on for dear life and hope I don't crash as gravity does it's thing.
:lol: :lol:
They're the "hold my beer" sports.
They're like auto racing, we watch for the crashes. Otherwise, the clock is the most interesting thing.

I think they said the US won more medals than 4 years ago, pending that team skating batch. Norway sure kicked ass, though.
Ooh, imagine doing the giant slalom in heats. I'd tune into that.
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Is Tiddly-Winks an Olympic sport yet?

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